Bible Lexicons

Old / New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Entry for Strong's #4253 - πρό

Transliteration

pró

Phonetics

pro

Word Origin

a primary preposition

Parts of Speech

Preposition

TDNT

6:683,935

Word Definition[ Thayer | Strong | Mounce ]

Thayer's Definition

before

Strong's Definition

A primary preposition; “fore”, that is, infrontof, prior (figuratively superior) to. In compounds it retains the same significations: - above, ago, before, or ever. In compounds it retains the same significations.

III when joined with other Preps., ἀποπρό, διαπρό, ἐπιπρό, περιπρό, προπρό, it strengthens the first Prep., or adds to it the notion of forward, forth. πρό IN COMPO S. I with Substs., to denote 1 position before or in front, πρόδομος, προάστιον, πρόθυρον, προπύλαια, etc.

";a worshipper."; For this word in John 4:23, Deissmann (LAE, p. 99) following Cremer (Addenda p. 1120) cites from pre-Christian Greek an inscr. from Apamea in Syria (Waddington 3,2720a) containing a decree drawn up in the interests of ";the worshippers that come up";—τοῖς ἀνιοῦσει (ἀνιοῦσι, Cremer) προσκυνηταῖς. The word is again found in the iii/A.D. inscr. from the same district C1G IV. 4474.51.